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No.505329
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No?
No.505347
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>wake up
>run over a cat with my car 🐈
>feel the thump
>see it speed limp back to the house
I wanna be Nikki Catsouras
No.505361
>>505349I guess
I tried to tell myself that the owners should have known better than to let an outdoor cat roam around at the side of an 88 km/h highway
but also like what if it was just a stray
I tried looking for the cat's body on my way home but I was spending too much time looking at the side of the road and also I remembered that when cats are ready to die they find a hiding spot so I probably wouldn't be able to see it anyways
No.505363
>>505359They also hunt local birds and reptiles, even the ones that might be endangered.
I don't care about the living quality of humans, as far as I'm concerned humans need to be wiped out entirely.
No.505374
>>505337It's the least shitty system. In any case I posted six variables showing the world is getting better.
In any case yes, democracy makes the world better. Source:
https://economics.mit.edu/files/16686 No.505380
>>505329>Extreme povertyA hunter-gatherer tribe or small village would be considered "extreme poverty" but they might have been happier than most people today in modern capitalist countries.
>DemocracyDoesn't mean happiness or good things.
>VaccinationMany of them harmful and unnecessary now. Human rights violation when they're forced upon people. A small percentage of children have bad reactions and end up permanently retarded.
>Basic Education>LiteracyOk whatever, doesn't mean people are happy though.
No.505383
>>505382It's literally not free to leave my country (US)
It costs money which many people have none.
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>>505380>A hunter-gatherer tribe or small village would be considered "extreme poverty" but they might have been happier than most people today in modern capitalist countries.No. Anthropological evidence suggests otherwise.
>Doesn't mean happiness or good things.Actually it does.
Compare:
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2020/#readWith:
https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-indexThe happiest countries are also the most democratic.
>Many of them harmful and unnecessary now.Pseudoscience at its best.
If we stop taking vaccines the diseases will come back. Measeles was finished in some countries. They stop taking vaccines. Now it's back. About the harm, that's also wrong.
Source:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070921184151/http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/6mishome.htm
>Basic Education>Literacy>Ok whatever, doesn't mean people are happy though.It literally does.
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a27629803/readers-happier-kindle-study-global-survey/ No.505399
>>505398>>Many of them harmful and unnecessary now.>Pseudoscience at its best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUM2gvfbW8Watch this entire video. Andrew Zimmerman was originally the scientist the government used to say vaccines couldn't cause brain damage/autism.
He later came back and said "Well actually, in a small percentage of children, it can".
They immediately fired him and silenced/cancelled him.
No.505413
>>505409The revolution in America starts with homeless encampments
Even the Seattle autonomous zone counts
Eventually America will reach such extreme levels of homelessness and poverty that the government is forced into Universal Basic Income and socialism.
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>>505413>Eventually America will reach such extreme levels of homelessness and poverty What the heck are you talking about, US is now richer than ever.
>b-but I'm not!You're not the majority of the population. Some people lose, but that's not the case for the vast majority. I assume you didn't go to college, maybe didn't even finish highscool. The vast majority of those who are poorer now are those without education - a group that is dwindling more and more every year. Even Chris Chan managed to finish college.
>hat the government is forced into Universal Basic Income and socialism.UBI and socialism are incompatible. In fact, most of the criticis of UBI are on the left (though those on the right also existi). F.A. Hayek supported UBI for 50 years and Milton Friedman was the father of NIT.
>>505399>if it's on the Internet it's true I am an incomparable homoSorry, teen, but you shouldn't believe in everything you see on Gaia and Myspace. Google have enough material debunking this guy.
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>>505420https://sonichu.com/cwcki/CADDSorry if any of you people reading this didn't know this site, now you'll lose the next two or three ours of your life browsing it just like when you found out about TVTropes.
No.505425
>>505419>What the heck are you talking about, US is now richer than ever.Yes and the wealth inequality is larger than ever too.
The richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent of people combined.
GDP per capita went up? Nice but virtually all new wealth went to the top 10%.
The bottom 90% of America lost, good for you if you were born to wealthy parents and are in the top 10%.
No.505427
>>505425This is because of the lower wealth people having high debts that make their net worth negligible or negative. And comparing that against non-liquid capital like houses and stocks. It's not about physical ownership.
Having a debt that you will ultimately never pay and never have to pay doesn't mean you don't have a good standard of living that's far better than anything in the past. You're not going to starve or die of small pox because you don't have a yacht
No.505429
>>505427The richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent of people combined.
The standard of living among the bottom 50% is often very bad, including not enough food.
You are blind to how most of America lives because you can't see outside your privileged bubble.
I hope you're one of the first they take out into the streets and kill when they start killing "middle class" and up wealthy people.
No.505430
>>505429you're just repeating yourself now
that isn't a refutation.
>The standard of living among the bottom 50% is often very bad, including not enough food"often"
is this in conjunction with the obesity epidemic that's disproportionately affecting poor people?
The statistics posted on happiness and absolute equality tell another story
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>>505425
>The richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent of people combined.Kek, did you actually fell for the Oxfam meme? Honestly you don't have data supporting you. Let's take the median income if per capita isn't enough because of muh inequality. Again, higher than ever even it there was a huge drop ten years ago.
>b-but the wages are stagnatedNo, they aren't.
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/growing-gap-between-real-wages-and-labor-productivity>The bottom 90% of America lost, good for you if you were born to wealthy parents and are in the top 10%.Two mistakes. 1 the top and the bottom change quite often. In fact, most of people tend to be in each of the quartiles during their lifetime.
>b-but I didn'tAgain, you're the exception because you're not smart or don't put effort.
Source:
https://www.dallasfed.org/~/media/documents/fed/annual/1999/ar95.pdf2 even the poor are less poorer now than before.
Source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/09/13/us-poverty-levels-fall-to-pre-recession-low-infographic/#37915cb33d45Educate yourself, teen.
>>505423My point is that he went to college, even if it was a shitty community college and you understood it quite well.
No.505432
>>505430>is this in conjunction with the obesity epidemic that's disproportionately affecting poor people?Oddly enough, yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_in_the_United_States
>The statistics posted on happiness and absolute equality tell another storyWhen I google "Happiness in America" (a completely neutral search term), I only get articles and stats that say America is unhappier than ever.
No.505435
>>505431>Let's take the median income if per capita isn't enough because of muh inequality.How does that help you fucking brainlet?
$1, $2, $1,000,000, $100,000,000, $1,000,000,000
The median income is now $1 million dollars in this data.
>Two mistakes. 1 the top and the bottom change quite often. In fact, most of people tend to be in each of the quartiles during their lifetime.Complete untrue, both of these statements.
>2 even the poor are less poorer now than before.Yes they make $2 more in average wages not accounting for any inflation. They're so much less poor now.
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>>505432FAO says therwise, US is not in the Hunger Map.
No.505437
>>505433I don't need to look at statistics but since you like them so much, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_in_the_United_States>Research by the USDA found that 11.1% of American households were food insecure during at least some of 2018>A survey took for Brookings in late April 2020 found indications that following the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of US households experiencing food insecurity had approximately doubled. For households with young children, indicators had suggested food security may have reached about 40%, close to four times the prevalence in 2018, or triple what was seen for the previous peak that occurred in 2008, during the financial crisis of 2007–08.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States>homelessness is shown to have increased each year since 2014 in most major US cities, with 40 percent increases noted in 2017[3] and in 2019.[4]And counting homelessness is inaccurate but it's absolutely increased drastically.
With the economic suicide that America has committed due to shutting down for coronavirus, it's started a chain reaction of poverty/struggle that has already led to violent rioting, the creation of an automonous zone
And soon they'll kill bootlicking fucking rich faggots like yourself
No.505439
>>505435>How does that help you fucking brainlet?Is this post serious? I know you teens are bad at math, but that's pathetic. First, inequality is not that high, so your numbers don't make sense. Second and most important you said that 90% of the population is now poor. That was proved wrong considering the guy who is in the median (eg. 50% earn more than him) is now richer than ever. IOW in the worst oossible scenario 50% of the US population is now on their richer than ever.
>Complete untrue, both of these statements.I posted the sources. You're free to post a better one.
>Yes they make $2 more in average wages not accounting for any inflatioAgain, data says otherwise. There are now less poor people than ever (eg. less people earning US$2 a day).
No.505442
>>505439>Again, data says otherwise. There are now less poor people than ever (eg. less people earning US$2 a day).North Koreans make $0 USD a day because their currency is internationally worthless, but they're more wealthy than someone earning $5 USD a day in a shithole African country
Currency changes in value and buying power. How much someone earns a day once converted into USD at a standard exchange rate is not a good indicator of poverty.
A group of people could earn more USD on average and be poorer than they were in the past.
No.505444
>>505439See, the problem with teen is that they don't check their own sources. Let's see what that USDA study says:
An estimated 11.1 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2018, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. That is down from 11.8 percent in 2017 and from a peak of 14.9 percent in 2011.
So, yeah, hunger is dropping (ie. things are getting better).
No.505447
>>505444The past 4 months happened
The economic repercussions of this will last for years, long after covid is gone, and potentially bring America into a revolutionary change after we hit record levels of uncontrollable homelessness and poverty,
No.505450
>>505448TVs, Microwaves, Fridges, and a lot of common household appliances did get cheaper.
This is true.
Cost of housing, college, healthcare, and insurance, has all skyrocketed.
No.505451
>>505442>mistaking exchange rate with monetary policyOk, that was the cherry of the cake.
In any case, there are many ways of measuring this. US is now better than in 2005, both overall and in the worldwide rankings.
https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdfhttps://www.economist.com/node/21569171 No.505452
>>505447>The past 4 months happenedSo, now you're admitting that things were getting better?
In any case this recession will probably be a V recession, not a U or a L recession.
>>505450>Cost of housing, college, healthcare, and insurance, has all skyrocketed.One things balances the other. And now people are earning more as it was proved (guess you gave up saying otherwise after being humiliated) so in any case they can afford.
No.505454
>>505452>And now people are earning more as it was proved (guess you gave up saying otherwise after being humiliated) so in any case they can afford.People are earning more, only the rich though.
Everyone else, the large majority of the rest of the country, has gotten poorer.
No.505456
>>505454>Everyone else, the large majority of the rest of the country, has gotten poorer.You're in denial.
See
>>505419>>505431>>505451People now earn more, have higher wages, study more, live more and spend more than ever according to every data available.
No.505461
>>505456Really because all the data and common sense I look at says Americans have gotten poorer and unhappier.
Statistics on this can be misleading.
Your statistics mostly just show the rich getting richer and then you going "look at how things have improved".
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>>505459
>Really because all the data and common sense I look at says everyone has gotten poorer and unhappier.
So, you didn't check any? Or maybe you checked some blog. Because, well, all those guys from the Ivy league say otherwise.
>Literally all your statistics are from the rich getting richer.
Yes. Just like everyone else.
>b-but they're getting even richer!
Irrelevant if the poor are also getting rich.
"Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy."
Margareth Thatcher. Good to know you hate the poor.
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>>505463>Irrelevant if the poor are also getting rich. The poor, as in the bottom 50-70% of the country, have gotten poorer.
Look at this graph, if you have enough brain cells to understand it.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-fed-just-released-a-damning-indictment-of-capitalism.html No.505468
>>505465Again, read your fucking source.
>Bottom 50% (US$ Trillions) in 1989:Q3>0.76>same group now:>1.66IWO, the value more than doubled in 30 years.
No.505470
>>505468>>same group now:>>1.66No, they have -0.2 trillion
Compared to +0.7 trillion in 1989
>>505469Except that's not the reality of the situation.
No.505476
>>505472> the people with the lowest net worth in fact have college debt \Some of them yes.
But the reality for many of those people is they got a degree that jobs don't exist for (call them stupid, it's true but irrelevant), and can either work minimum wage jobs to never pay off their debt, be NEET/homeless (in their parent's house), or kill themselves.
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>>505470Didn't you check the link that VOX claims as their "source"?
Let me do it for you.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/ No.505488
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>Wake up
>Still smoothbrain
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>>505490Uh that was never my point and I never even posted in this thread after I made it…
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>>505523>Did you forget there's ONE HUNDRED MILLION more people in the US today than 30 years ago?Actually it's close to 80 million. In any case:
0.76/246.8=0.3
1.66/328.2=0.5
So, yeah, the 50% poorer are now richer than 30 years ago. Now it's the time that you use the inflation card, right? No, because these numbers already account for inflation, so you're still wrong.
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>>505536Rising driver hero protecc
No.505563
>>505546WTF are you on about?
False comparison, the shelter doesn't pass on profits to people that abandon their pets, in fact they usually charge them a "surrender fee" if they can. If anything this would
discourage irresponsible owners. A pet shop usually buys from breeders, so irresponsible breeders are profiteering from it, encouraging them.
No.505566
>>505563do you think the cat I ran over survived
my sister said that if it's a stray then it's probably tough enough to survive a car running over it but I think that's unlikely
No.505589
>>505569Did you even read my post?
Tell me exactly how some irresponsible owner delivering a cat or dog to a shelter is profiteering when the shelter charges them. Where does the profit for the owner come from? How are the owners encouraged to do this?
No.505624
>>505546no you fucking dipshit. being unable to care for your pet while still wishing it the best at a shelter isn't unethical. truly unethical owners, or yes, those without access to shelters or adopters will simply abandon them at a street corner to die and no way in hell does potential adoption ever cross their minds nor encourage them at that point.
breeding will cease when demand plummets but abandonment will remain for as long as pets exist.
No.505629
>>505628>I bet you think abortion availability has no correlation to casual sex.i dont. i admit shelters absolutely increase abandonment rates via guilt-ridden fencesitters but i stand by it as being more ethical than normal abandonment whose 'profit' motive (less mouths to feed) remains static whether one's pet is crushed by a vehicle or safely adopted. that is, i believe shelters are not nearly as powerful an enabler compared to abortion and contraceptives (with regards to casual sex), unless you are a firstie who has never fucking seen street dogs.
>Dogs have been bred for centuries.commercial sales to common folk comprise the bulk of those operations and will naturally diminish as less people purchase dogs. its almost direct cause and effect unlike abandonment/adoption and abortion/casual sex.
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It really is the worst era, I really hate how everybody's always in on the same topics, everybody talks about the same things, it's like everybody's on the same club. You can't escape it, even on some obscure /jp/ spinoff you're reminded of the latest topics. Not trying to be sarcastic here, I really do hate it, and by the way I also hate that I have to specify that I'm not being sarcastic, but anyways I want to run away but I don't know where, this is the only earth. There's no fucking escape.
No.505700
>>505698uh yeah listing the stuff the communist left wing did in the last week is a bigger problem than what they actually did
you better arrest me because I'm terrorist level at this point
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>>505735im so happy for him and umi
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After getting publicly dabbed on hard by the basedmin henri was never able to recover and he developed a drinking problem and drug addiction